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Abstract
<p id="P3">Tremendous progress has been made since
<i>Neuron</i> published our primer on genetic dissection of neural circuits ten years
ago. Since
then, cell type-specific anatomical, neurophysiological, and perturbation studies
have been carried out in a multitude of invertebrate and vertebrate organisms, linking
neurons and circuits to behavioral functions. New methods allow systematic classification
of cell types, and provide genetic access to diverse neuronal types for studies of
connectivity and neural coding during behavior. Here we evaluate key advances over
the past decade and discuss future directions.
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